The College Board
Director, AP Precalculus Course Lead
Denver ,
Colorado
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Location: This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB officeshave the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday inoffice)
Type:This is a full-time position
About the Team
The Advanced Placement Curriculum and Assessment team supports College Boardin serving more than seven million students a year as they prepare for asuccessful transition to college through programs and services in collegereadiness and college success - speci?cally through the AdvancedPlacement (AP) Program. With more than 38 courses in a variety of subjectareas, we are committed to promoting innovation, equity, and excellencefor generations of students. Within the Advanced Placement and CurriculumAssessment pillar, our team focuses primarily on the development and growthof existing AP Mathematics and Computer Science courses and the launch of newcourses within the subject.
The AP Precalculus Course Lead is a member of the Mathematics and ComputerScience department and works collaboratively with experts in the departmentand across all STEM subjects to improve curriculum, instruction, andassessment for all mathematics and computer science courses.
About the Opportunity
As the AP Precalculus Course Lead you will be responsible for preserving andimproving the quality and validity of the AP Program's core deliverableswithin the subject domain: the course curriculum, the exam, and theprofessional development content. You will serve as the primary point ofcontact in AP for committees and communities of subject-matter experts andwill be responsible for the curriculum, instruction, and assessment for APPrecalculus, as well as the strategic growth of AP Precalculus across theglobe. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to present, speak,and moderate dialogue with academic and membership audiences to ensure thatongoing change and improvement within AP courses and exams is understood,accepted, and supported in secondary and post-secondary educationalcommunities
In this role, you will:
Curriculum and Instruction (35-40%)
Collaborate with the AP instructional products team to develop new productsdesigned to address unmet teacher instructional needs, including developingprototypes, participating in small-scale market-testing, and creatingmodels for subsequent development in conjunction with other AP workstreams
Provide curriculum and assessment development protocol training, translatebetween academics and technical experts (test developers andpsychometricians), and collaborate to develop curricular and instructionalmaterials and resources to support AP Precalculus teachers worldwide
Recruit, train, and directly supervise Committee members in designatedsubject areas as content development contributors. Liaise with key internalstakeholders (publications, project management, and professionaldevelopment staff) to execute project plans
Contribute to current research and best practices related to curriculumdevelopment, instructional pedagogies, and assessment; participate inregular discussions with other Curriculum and Assessment team members on thecurrent professional literature to build a set of common, shared beliefsabout AP's direction within the larger educational community
Collaborate with external curriculum development and professional learningproviders to ensure curriculum materials are aligned to course content andskills, support the overarching AP course goals, and provide qualitymaterials for teachers and students
Assessment (45-50%)
Develop, review, and approve AP Precalculus Exam content incollaboration with AP Assessment staff, ensuring the exam development alignswith approved curricula and test specifications
Make recommendations for AP Precalculus exam design improvements incollaboration with and aligned to other ollege Board initiatives
Monitor and improve exam validity and reader reliability in accordance withestablished AP program thresholds
Conduct multiple face-to-face, weekend meetings, and virtual meetingsannually with each of the committees within the Director's stewardship aswell as other committee meetings in the discipline as needed
Attend and support the annual grading of the AP Precalculus Exam (APReading) on site and online
Strategic Growth and Outreach (10-15%)
Manage existing AP Development Committee recruitment and membership;direct the overarching AP outreach strategy for the AP Precalculus course
Represent and increase support for the AP Program's mission among externalstakeholders in AP Precalculus through a variety of strategies, includinggrowth across all AP Precalculus initiatives
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